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Syrian army overruns part of Aleppo

Sunday, August 5, 2012

US: US Secretary of State Leon Panetta warned Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad that if he continues this assault on his own
population in Aleppo it will be a nail in his coffin.

“It's pretty clear that Aleppo is another tragic example of
the kind of indiscriminate violence that the Assad regime has committed against
its own people,” Panetta told reporters on a military plane en route to
Tunisia.

“And in many ways, if they continue this kind of tragic
attack on their own people in Aleppo, I think ultimately it will be a nail in
Assad's coffin.”AFP

SYRIA: The Syrian army on Monday overran part of the
rebel-held Salaheddin district of Aleppo, the country's most populous city, a
security source in Damascus told AFP.

“The Syrian army took control of part of Salaheddin district
and continues its offensive,” the source said on the third day of an army
onslaught against rebel districts in the northern city.

However, Colonel Abdel Jabbar al-Oqaidi, head of the Free
Syrian Army military council of Aleppo, denied the report and insisted
government troops had “not progressed one metre.”

“We launched a new assault from Salaheddin during the night,
and we destroyed four tanks,” the rebel commander told AFP by phone. Aleppo was
opened as a battle front on July 20, and a regime assault on rebel-held areas
began after military reinforcements arrived on Saturday.

Int’l community condemned

LEBANON: Syria's Muslim Brotherhood denounced on Sunday
President Bashar al-Assad, his allies Iran and Russia, and the international
community's for its “silence” and failure to protect civilians.

In a statement issued amid raging battles in Syria's
commercial capital Aleppo, the influential Islamist movement said Assad was
“legally and morally responsible for the death of every victim in Syria.” The
Brotherhood also said that both Iran and Russia -- the powerful allies of the
embattled Assad regime -- were “drowning in the blood of the Syrian people.”
“Neither the Russians nor the Iranians will relieve (Assad) of responsibility
for his crimes,” it added.

The Brotherhood also said the international community was “a
partner” to violence in Syria, “by standing silent for too long... and failing
to respect its obligation under international law to protect civilians.”
Echoing a statement issued earlier on Sunday by the opposition Syrian National
Council -- in which the Brotherhood plays an important role -- the exiled
Islamist group warned of an imminent “massacre” in Aleppo.

Over 200,000 flee Aleppo - UN

The United Nations said Sunday that 200,000 people have fled
the Syrian city of Aleppo in two days as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces
step up their assault.

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said in a statement that
an unknown number of people are trapped in the city and appealed for safe access
to Aleppo for aid groups.

The UN under secretary general said the International
Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent had estimated that
200,000 people have fled Aleppo and surrounding areas in the last two days.

Another Syrian General defects to Turkey

Another brigadier General has defected from Syria’s army to
join the ranks of opposition fighters, pushing the total number of rebel
generals based in Turkey to 28, a diplomatic source said Monday.

The General was accompanied by 11 other officers, the source
added on condition of anonymity. Senior Syrian officers have been crossing over
into Turkey to link up with rebel forces on a near daily basis in recent
months, often accompanied by rank-and-file troops, to join the ranks of the
Free Syrian Army.

Turkey is also home to some 44,000 refugees who fled the
violence in Syria, currently housed in several camps established along the
border.